SC Stays Telangana HC Order Which Suspended MCI's Decision To Permit Surrender Of PG Medical Diploma Seats

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Telangana High Court decision directing suspension of surrender of seats in post graduate diploma courses by medical colleges in the state.A bench of Justices MM Shantanagoudar & R Subhash Reddy issued notice to various Respondents viz. the Centre, Medical Council of India, State of Telangana as well as National Board of Education as well as...

[COVID-19] SC Seeks Centre's Response On Plea For Suitable Quarantine Facilities For Frontline Medical Workers [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday sought instructions from the Centre on the issue of access to suitable accomodation & quarantine facilities for medical workers involved in treating COVID19 patients.A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan Kaul & BR Gavai took up the plea pertaining to welfare of medical personnel, especially "doctors, nursing staff, hospital staff,...

SC Stays Madras HC's Direction To Close Liquor Shops Of TASMAC In Tamil Nadu [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Madras High Court's order directing closure of liquor stores in the State of Tamil Nadu during the lockdown. While effectively allowing liquor stores in the State to be reopened from tomorrow, the Bench comprising of Justices L Nageswara Rao, SK Kaul and BR Gavai also stayed the additional conditions which had been imposed by the High...

'How Can We Stop Them From Walking?' : SC Refuses To Entertain Plea For Migrants On Road

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an Application seeking urgent directions to all DMs across India to identify walking labourers and to ensure that they reach their native places, free of cost and in a dignified manner. The IA was filed in the wake of the death of 16 migrant labourers in Aurangabad.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, S K Kaul and B R Gavai observed that it was...

'Everything Is On Paper' : Lawyer Tells SC On Travel Arrangements For Migrants; SC Seeks Responses Of UP & Maharashtra [Read Order]

The Supreme Court of India has directed the States of UP and Maharashtra to file an affidavit regarding steps being taken by nodal officers to help migrants travel from Mumbai to their native places in a plea seeking for directions to provide safe transportation for the same. The petition, filed by Advocate-on-Record Ejaz Maqbool on behalf of Advocate Sagheer Ahmed Khan, had submitted...

Plea Seeking Extension of The Benefits Of RBI Circular on Loan Moratorium To All NBFCs: SC Issues Notice

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and Reserve Bank of India in a plea by The Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) which sought for clarification regarding whether all NBFCs were eligible for loan moratorium or whether banks had the discretion to give the benefit. 

On March 27, in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent...

Breaking: SC Stays Gujarat HC Judgment Declaring State Law Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama's Election Null And Void [Read Order]

The Supreme Court stayed the Gujarat High Court order nullifying the 2017 election of BJP leader Bhupendrasinh Chudasama to the Gujarat State Legislative Assembly, and issued notice in the matter.A bench comprising Justices Mohan M Shantanagoudar and R. Subhash Reddy passed the interim order.The Gujarat HC had set aside Chudasama's December 2017 election as void and illegal on the grounds...

SC Dismisses Plea For Closure Of Liquor Shops During Lockdown

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition which sought for the closure of liquor stores citing violation of social distancing rules.Noting that multiple petitions of this nature were being filed only for the sake of publicity, the Bench comprising of Justices L Nageswara Rao, SK Kaul and BR Gavai said."We cannot have multiple petitions like this. These are all publicity oriented. We...

'Usually Court Not Required To Examine Merits Of Interpretation Provided In Award By Arbitrator, If Such Interpretation Was Reasonably Possible': SC [Read Judgment]

In setting aside an arbitral award, the Supreme Court recently suggested that courts may not examine the merits of the interpretation provided in the award by the arbitrator, unless they were of the view that such an interpretation was reasonably not possible. The Court was faced with the question whether the interpretation provided to the contract in the award of the Tribunal was reasonable...

SC Judge and Family In Self Quarantine After Cook Tests Positive For COVID19

A judge of the Supreme Court and family have gone under precautionary self-quarantine after their residential cook tested positive for COVID-19 today.As per initial reports, the help, who was on leave since May 7, got infected during the leave period. After the person got tested positive for the coronavirus infection on Thursday afternoon, the judge and family decided to go into quarantine as...

'State Depriving Oppressed Classes Of Welfare' : Plea In SC Challenges Dilution Of Labour Laws By Gujarat, UP & MP [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court to seek for directions to quash notifications issued by States of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to relax provisions of labour laws to the detriment of the poor workmen on the premise of facilitating economic activities in various parts of the country. Filed by Advocate-on-Record Nirmal Kumar Ambastha on behalf of Pankaj...

[Breaking] 'One Nation, One Ration' Scheme Will Be Implemented : Finance Minister

'One nation, one ration' scheme will be implemented in the country through technology driven systems, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday.National portability for ration cards will be brought in so that migrants can access PDS from any fair price shop in India, the Minister said. 67 crore beneficiaries in 23 states covering 83% of PDS population will be covered by...